20 स्वरमेलकलानिधि mentions this राग among अधमरागs and defines it as सन्यासः सग्रहश्वेष सांशः सम्पूर्ण एव च । सोमरागः सदा गेयो मन्द्रमध्यमभूषितः ॥ लक्ष्य सङ्गीत indirectly mentions it in दुर्गा of बिलावलमेल :- अवरोहे गसंयोगे सोमरागस्य नोद्धषः ॥ under :- King Someśvara is an eminent authority on music as can be seen from the introductory stanzas of Sangītaratnākara' and the first Sloka of the second Adhyāya of Sangitasamayasāra ? While dealing with the Nāmakarana ceremony the king advises that the male child should be named with suffixes such as simhn, malla, bāhu, pāla, etc. This chapter shows that the king was very affectionate' and tender-hearted. EDUCATION OF THE PRINCE. After performing the Upanayana ceremony in the eighth or eleventh year the prince should be taught one of the Vedas, the use of weapons and various other sciences. How many subjects the princes had to learn is given on page 110. They are required to be trained by experts and repeatedly examined by experts. When the king is pleased with the progress of the princes he should embrace them and honour them with sweet words and presents and the teachers should be presented with cows, towns or even villages. After educating the princes properly the king should get them married. The marriage customs also are given in the book. They appear like the present Marātha customs as observed in the royal family at Baroda excepting perhaps the use of जीरकs. p. 113. The Marātha bridegroom and the bride before कन्यादान are brought together face to face with a screen between them and the recitation of मङ्गलाटक goes on. They put garlands on the neck of each other after the removal of the screen put between them. The custom appears somewhat like that of the āśvalāyanas and resembles 1. रुद्रटो नान्यभूपाली भोजभूषल्लभस्तथा । परमदर्दी च सोमेशो जगदेकमहीपतिः || भाण्डीकभाषयोडिष्टा भोजसोमेश्वरादिभिः । गेयलक्षणतः केचिद् वक्ष्यन्ते लक्ष्यसम्भवाः ॥ 2. --सङ्गीतसमयसार. 2–1. 3. बालकानां स्वकीयानामव्यक्तं शृणुयाद्वचः । अधीईभाषितं तेषां गालिदानं मनोहरम् || and फलप्रदर्शनाट् बालमानीतं मातुरङ्कतः । अङ्कमारोपयेन्दालमुरः स्कन्धतलं तथा ॥ As well as the lines like the following :-- - सङ्गीतरत्नाकर. अ. 1-18, कुमारं सुकुमाराङ्गमालिङ्गेनीपति | कर्णे कर्णे च कर्षन्तं वर्षन्तं हर्षमात्मनि ॥ पुत्रं गात्रात्समुत्पन्नमीक्षन्ते पुण्यभागिनः । पुत्राणां दर्शनं चन्द्रदर्शनादपि सौख्यदम || Cf. धन्यास्तदंगरजसा मलिनीभवन्ति । शाकुन्तल VII. 17.
